Bolesław Michał Rusiecki

Bolesław Michał Rusiecki (; 23 November 1824 — 31 January 1913) was a Polish-Lithuanian painter and art collector.

Biography Rusiecki was born on 23 November 1824 in Rome. He was initially a student at the "Wileński Instytut Szlachecki" (institute for the nobility), then studied medicine at the University of Saint Petersburg. His father was the painter, Kanuty Rusiecki. From 1843 to 1850, he audited classes at the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts, taught by Karl Bryullov and Fyodor Bruni. Upon completing them, he was awarded the title of "Free Artist". He was named an Academician in 1853 for his allegorical painting, "Połączenie Willi z Niemnem“ (The Confluence of the Viliya into the Neman)

In 1857, he and his wife Stefania, née Karpowicz, went on an extended trip abroad; visiting several cities in Poland, as well as Dresden, Prague, Vienna and Trieste. From 1858 to 1861, they lived in Rome. Upon returning, they settled at the family estate near Białystok, but after Stefanija's death in 1866, at the age of only thirty-seven, he moved into Vilnius and taught drawing at the gymnasium.

Toward the end of his life, he bequeathed his art collection, archives and library to the Society of the Friends of Science, and donated 10,000 Rubles for the construction of a building to house them. His works may be seen at the Lithuanian National Museum of Art, the National Museum, Kraków, and the National Museum, Warsaw.

Rusiecki died on 31 January 1913 in Vilnius.